Professor Stearns
CPE 315 Course Materials
fall 2002

Reading
The course reading is assigned from Patterson and Hennessy as follows:

By Date Read

9/27 Appendix B, Chapter 1, Course Syllabus

10/2 Appendix A.1-A.5, A.8-A.10, Chapter 2

10/9 Chapter 3.1-3.10, 3.13-3.15

10/14 Chapter 4.1-4.6, 4.8, 4.10-4.13

10/21 Chapter 5.1-5.3

10/28 Chapter 5.4-5.6 5.8-5.11

11/4 Chapter 6.1-6.2
Appendix A.6,A.7

11/11 Chapter 7.1-7.5, 7.7-7.10

12/2 Chapter 9.1-9.2 9.7-9.10
John Dvorak, Inside Track, PC Magazine, 11/18/97


By Date	Read
9/27	Appendix B, Chapter 1, Course Syllabus
10/2	Appendix A.1-A.5, A.8-A.10, Chapter 2
10/9	Chapter 3.1-3.10, 3.13-3.15
10/14	Chapter 4.1-4.6, 4.8, 4.10-4.13
10/21	Chapter 5.1-5.3
10/28	Chapter 5.4-5.6 5.8-5.11
11/4	Chapter 6.1-6.2 Appendix A.6,A.7
11/11	Chapter 7.1-7.5, 7.7-7.10
12/2	Chapter 9.1-9.2 9.7-9.10 John Dvorak, Inside Track, PC Magazine, 11/18/97

Class Overheads

Arithmetic and math:

Adder Truth Tables
Booth's Algorithm Conceptual Examples
Computer Architecture Units
MIPS ALU functions
Program to illustrate -1 representation
Program to illustrate overflow
Program to illustrate that floating point isn't associative
Program to illustrate the compile-time math for calculating address halves
Purposes of Carry and Overflow